UAB is home to over 1,000 international students representing more than 85 countries. While they enrich our campus with diverse perspectives and talents, these students face unique challenges when financial or personal crises strike.

Supported by a $75,000 contribution from Honda, UAB’s Science on a Roll in Next Generation: Providing Hands-On Experiences (SOARING) program will expand to six east Alabama counties starting in October.

Harold Abroms remembers his first gift to UAB, nearly 40 years ago. He and his colleagues, father and son Emil and Donald Hess, owners of the well-known Birmingham-based department store Parisian, donated $500,000 to create the endowed Hess-Abroms Honors Scholarships within the newly established University Honors Program.

Three years after establishing the Stephen and Jana Foster Endowed Scholarship in Physical Therapy, Steve (‘80) and Jana Foster have added $100,000 to the fund to increase the scholarship to the Dean level—which requires a minimum of $250,000—to support more physical therapy students in the UAB School of Health Professions.

Students from the Wiregrass area of southeast Alabama will benefit from a generous recent gift of $2.3 million to the University of Alabama at Birmingham from longtime supporters Marnix E. Heersink, M.D., and Mary Heersink. The gift will establish three endowed scholarships supporting health professions, optometry and pre-optometry students.

Benjamin J. Cumbus, D.M.D., (‘72) looks back on his time at the UAB School of Dentistry with gratitude. Not only did the School build the foundation for his four-decade career as a pediatric dentist, but it also gave him community and lifelong friendships.

UAB scholarship named in honor of former Chief HR Officer Alesia Jones

Finally, in the fall of 2021, Madhav Praveen officially became a UAB Blazer.

UAB alumni Raymond and Pam Thompson give back to the school that gave them so much.

On November 17, the UAB community will have the opportunity to help fight food insecurity on campus during Blazers Against Hunger.

The Paul W. Burleson, M.D. Medical Scholarship equals freedom for recipients.

One UAB urologist honors another with a gift to the Department of Urology—in the name of bettering educational experiences for residents.

The parents of eight children, Willie and Cynthia Ballard remember the scholarships that allowed their children to attend college. Now, they say, it’s their turn to give back.

Dora and Sanjay Singh hope to create student success stories by providing $1,000 scholarships to students in need.

The couple hopes the additional $500,000 will allow even more physical therapy students to graduate debt free.

New scholarship honors Minal Hollowell, M.D., a beloved doctor, wife and mother.

Shegun and Mary Otulana wish to give back and invest in students at UAB, just as someone once invested in them.

These four counties represent the life path of Dr. Grady Price.

UAB’s Blazer Kitchen provides food and compassion to Blazers in need.

When it came to giving, these donors thought outside the box.

As the university's annual Blazers Against Hunger giving event approaches, get a better idea of the role Blazer Kitchen plays in fighting food insecurity on campus